Position and Self Understanding of Sunni Muslim Imams in Norway
In: Journal of Muslims in EuropeSearch for other papers by Cora Alexa Døving in
Current site
Google Scholar
Norwegian society is markedly secular, and religious leaders generally have no power beyond their own religious community. Public debate is nevertheless distinguished by a commonly held belief that religious leaders are powerful individuals. This is particularly the case with imams, who are accused of having too much power and of using this power to inhibit the integration of Muslims into Norwegian society. This article nuances this image by presenting imams’ activities and work; the conditions for this; and their self-understanding of their position of power in Norway. The imam’s role is illuminated through four fields: 1) the imam’s formal position, activities and areas of responsibility, 2) the imam’s authority regarding religious interpretation and advice or council, 3) the imam as he is presented in the Norwegian press, 4) the imam’s position as tempered by new Muslim authorities.1
Purchase
Buy instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):
Institutional Login
Log in with Open Athens, Shibboleth, or your institutional credentials
Personal login
Log in with your brill.com account
-
Anderson J. Eickelman Dale & Anderson John “New Internet and Islam’s New Interpreters” New Media in the Muslim World: The emerging public sphere 2003 Indiana Indiana University Press
-
Birt J. “Good Imam, Bad Imam: Civic religion and national integration in Britain post 9/11” Muslim World 2006 96 4 687 705
-
Borell K. & Gerdner A. “Hidden Voluntary Social Work: A Nationally Representative Survey of Muslim Congregations in Sweden” British Journal of Social Work 2011 41 968 979
-
Bowen J. Can Islam be French? Pluralism and pragmatism in a secular state 2010 Princeton Princeton University Press
-
Bourdieu P. Outline of a Theory of Practice 1977 Cambridge Cambridge University Press
-
Bourdieu P. Symbolsk makt, artikler i utvalg 1996 Oslo Pax Forlag
-
Chaves M. “Secularization as Declining Religious Authority” Social Forces: an international Journal of Social Research 1994 72 749 774
-
Communities and Local Government The training and development of Muslim Faith leaders. Current practices and future possibilities 2010 Community and Local Government Publication www.communities.gov.uk
-
Dassetto F. Helander E. “Leaders and Leaderships in Islam and in Transplanted Islam in Europe” Religion and Social Transitions 1999 95 Helsinki University of Helsinki Publications of the Department of Practical Theology
-
Døving C., Lindholm T. & Shami S. Religiøst engasjement og sosial integrering: fins der viktige sammenhenger? En pilotstudie av muslimer i Oslo-området med familiebakgrunn fra Pakistan 2010 University of Oslo Rapport fra “Religiøsitet og integrering” (a pilot project under the research network PluRel, Religion in pluralistic society
-
Døving C. “The Hijab Debate in the Norwegian Press: Secular or Religious Arguments?” Journal of Religion in Europe 2012 5 2 1 21
-
Engelstad F. Hva er makt 2005 Oslo Universitetsforlaget
-
Geaves R. “Drawing on the Past to Transform the Present: Contemporary Challenges for Training and preparing British Imams” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 2008 April 28 1 99 112
-
Habermas J. “Religion in the Public sphere” Religion in the Public Sphere 2005 in the seminar report the Holberg prize Seminar
-
Henriksen J. Døving C. & Thorbjørnsrud B. “Makt og avmakt blant religiøse ledere I Den norske kirke” Religiøse ledere. Makt og avmakt I norske trossamfunn 2012 Oslo Universitetsforlaget
-
Hervik P., Eide E. & Kunelius R. Eide E., Kunelius R. & Phillips A. “A Long and Messy Event” Transnational Media Events. The Mohammed Cartoons and the Imagined Clash of Civilizations 2008 Gothenburg Nordicom 29 38
-
Jacobsen C. Staying on the Straight Path: religious identities and practices among young Muslims in Norway 2006 Dr.Polit. avhandling i sosialantropologi, Universitetet i Bergen
-
Larsen L. Islamsk rettstenkning i møte med dagliglivets utfordringer: fatwaer som løsningsforslag for muslimske kvinner i Vest-Europa 2011 phd., levert ved Det humanistiske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo
-
Maréchal B. Marechal B., Allievi S., Dassetto F. & Nielsen J. “Mosques, organization and leadership” Muslims in the Enlarged Europe. Religion and Society 2003 Leiden Brill 79 150
-
Morey P. & Yaqin A. Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation after 9/11 2011 Harvard Harvard University Press 2 4
-
Naguib S. Haddad Y & Smith J. “The northern way: Muslim communities in Norway” Muslim Minorities in the West: Visible and Invisible 2002 Walnut Creek CA Altamira Press 161 174
-
Poole E. Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims 2002 New York Tauris
-
Roy O. Globalised Islam: the search for a new Ummah 2004 London Hurst
-
Sørhaug T. Managementalitet og autoritetens forvandling. Ledelese i kunnskapsøkonomi 2004 Oslo Fagbokforlaget
-
Statlig offentlig utredningar: Staten och imamerna. Religion, integration, autonomi 2009 SOU Stockholm
-
Stokke Nilsen K. Imamens rolle i norske aviser. Endringer etter etablering av moskeer i Oslo med vekt på årene 1988, 1998 og 2008 2010 Masteroppgave i religion og Samfunn. Det teologiske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo
-
Vogt K. Islam på norsk. Moskeer og islamske organisasjoner i Norge 2000 Oslo Cappelens Forlag
-
Weber M. Economy and Sociology. An outline of interpretive sociology 1968 volumes 2 and 3 New York Bedminster Press
-
4
Chaves, M., “Secularization as Declining Religious Authority,” in Social Forces: an international Journal of Social Research, 72 (1994), pp. 749–774.
-
10
Vogt, K, Islam på norsk. Moskeer og islamske organisasjoner i Norge, (Oslo: Cappelens Forlag, 2000).
-
14
Borell, K. and A. Gerdner, “Hidden Voluntary Social Work: A Nationally Representative Survey of Muslim Congregations in Sweden,” in British Journal of Social Work, 41 (2011), pp. 968-979.
-
15
Maréchal, pp. 99-100.
-
17
Engelstad, F., Hva er makt, (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2005), p. 19.
-
18
Sørhaug, T., Managementalitet og autoritetens forvandling. Ledelese i kunnskapsøkonomi, (Oslo: Fagbokforlaget, 2004), p. 44.
-
19
Borell, K. and A. Gerdner, “Hidden Voluntary Social Work: A Nationally Representative Survey of Muslim Congregations in Sweden,” in British Journal of Social Work, 41 (2011), pp. 968-979.
-
20
Birt, J., “Good Imam, Bad Imam: Civic religion and national integration in Britain post 9/11,” in Muslim World, 96: 4 (2006), pp. 687-705. In England public policy on imams developed also increased after the London bombing in 2005.
-
21
Geaves, R., “Drawing on the Past to Transform the Present: Contemporary Challenges for Training and preparing British Imams,” in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 28:1 (April 2008), pp. 99-112.
-
24
Bourdieu, P., Outline of a Theory of Practice, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977).
-
26
Poole, E, Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims, (New York: Tauris, 2002), pp. 240, 250.
-
27
Hervik, P., E. Eide, and R. Kunelius, “A Long and Messy Event” in Eide, E., R. Kunelius and A. Phillips, (eds.), Transnational Media Events. The Mohammed Cartoons and the Imagined Clash of Civilizations. (Gothenburg: Nordicom, 2008), pp. 29-38.
-
28
Morey, P., and A. Yaqin, Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation after 9/11, (Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2011), pp. 2-4.
-
29
Døving, C., “The Hijab Debate in the Norwegian Press: Secular or Religious Arguments?,” in Journal of Religion in Europe, 5:2 (2012).
-
48
Roy, O., Globalised Islam: the search for a new Ummah, (London: Hurst, 2004).
-
51
Bowen, J., Can Islam be French? Pluralism and pragmatism in a secular state, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010), pp. 158-159.
-
55
Bowen, J., Can Islam be French? Pluralism and pragmatism in a secular state, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010), Larsen, L, Islamsk rettstenkning i møte med dagliglivets utfordringer: fatwaer som løsningsforslag for muslimske kvinner i Vest-Europa, phd., levert ved Det humanistiske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo (2011).
-
56
Bourdieu, P., Symbolsk makt, artikler i utvalg, (Oslo: Pax Forlag, 1996), p. 44.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 650 | 71 | 5 |
| Full Text Views | 220 | 4 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 47 | 8 | 0 |
Position and Self Understanding of Sunni Muslim Imams in Norway
In: Journal of Muslims in EuropeSearch for other papers by Cora Alexa Døving in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Norwegian society is markedly secular, and religious leaders generally have no power beyond their own religious community. Public debate is nevertheless distinguished by a commonly held belief that religious leaders are powerful individuals. This is particularly the case with imams, who are accused of having too much power and of using this power to inhibit the integration of Muslims into Norwegian society. This article nuances this image by presenting imams’ activities and work; the conditions for this; and their self-understanding of their position of power in Norway. The imam’s role is illuminated through four fields: 1) the imam’s formal position, activities and areas of responsibility, 2) the imam’s authority regarding religious interpretation and advice or council, 3) the imam as he is presented in the Norwegian press, 4) the imam’s position as tempered by new Muslim authorities.1
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 650 | 71 | 5 |
| Full Text Views | 220 | 4 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 47 | 8 | 0 |